32 Battalion member: Thunis Ferreira during Operation Forte, Angola, 1985

32 Bn Troop

Echo Coy platoon from 32Bn just east of Techamutete during Operation Askari 1984

Frans Van Staden from 32 Battalion during ops Askari, 1984
Taken North East of Cassinga, Jan 1984 (SADF – 32 Battalion during the South African border war in Angola)

Mac Da Trindade on a patrol break in Angola, he served in E coy and recce wing of 32bn

32 Bn Medics

32 Battalion: Cmdr. T.T. De Abreu (front/centre) & his crew during Ops Modular, 1987

On Ops

32 Battalion troops before Ops Alpha Centauri, 1986

32 Battalion somewhere in Angola in the 80’s

Sgt. Appolinario from 32 Battalion, SADF, sitting at Buffalo base, 1980’s

32 Battalion troop awaits an Alouette III in Angola, late 1970’s

32 Battalion operators with a Valkiri MRL during operation Modular, 1987

32 Battalion, Peter Williams with an R4 and Makarov pistol on his birthday, 1980

32 Battalion troop: Marques Felix, Angola 1980’s #32Bn

32 Battalion Cpl. Maurício António boarding a #Puma, 1980s #32Bn

SADF 32 Battalion operator Peter Burley armed with a captured RPK LMG #32Bn

32 Battalion signaller: 2Lt. J. Taylor firing an AKM during training, early 1980’s #32Bn

Left: Lance Corporal Lucas Dumbe who was KIA while trying to save a comrade stuck behind enemy lines, a real hero, on right is Anton Roets #32Bn

32 Battalion soldier sends message on a DT-170 #32Bn

32 Battalion Captain Julius Kratz during Operation Carnation, 1981

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32 Battalion, Lino Morais with the FN MAG #32Bn

32 Battalion member on patrol in Angola, late 1980’s #32Bn

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32 Battalion troops camouflaged in the Angolan bush, mid-1980s

32 Battalion Captain Mc Callum, RIP

32 Battalion troops with an M79 and a RPK on patrol in Angola #32Bn

Soldiers from South Africa’s 32 Battalion during an operation. This was during operation Super 1982, man standing on right is Peter Burley.

A soldier from 32 Battalion being instructed in the use of the RPG-7

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Buffalo Military Base (Former #32Bn SADF) Map – Abandoned camp

#32Bn recce wing troops in Angola, Ca. 1980s – (Left): Jaime Damiao

#32Bn Lt. Piet Van Zyl on patrol in Angola, 1980’s …Pattern 81 type 2 ( #SWATF / SWA SF) vests sometimes just called “SWA mesh vests”

#32Bn Sgt. Frans ‘FL’ Smit during a patrol in Angola, 1980’s

#32Bn signallers